County Notes Ties Across Towns and Visits
Mrs. M M Parker of Butte Montana visits Butte relatives and Warrick county kin while teacher at a Butte business college. James A Drew of Lafayette Indiana remarries, this time to a local lady. Ray Bryant injured in a fall in a barn remains unconscious for a period. Funeral for Ed Ashby held in Boonville. Nellie Ragsdale leaves for Dunne Kentucky with Hazel McKinney taking day operator duties in her absence. Eloise Parker visits Quanah Crowder. Salem Parker and Judith Montgomery guests of Mrs. Mell Parker in Rockport. Wandell Redman spends vacation here from Vincennes. Kathleen Leesdon attends Rockport dance. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Atkinson of Evansville guests of Mell Parker. A June 29 recital at the town for Red Cross features Cora Crowder Ernest McCoy and Kathyleen Logsdon. Mrs Herrell Montgomery and Martha Luckado head to Camp Meigs after visiting Alexander Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Bryant
Harvey Ashby
Selma Engie
Mr. Ashby
Ed Ashby
Boonville
Nellie Ragsdale
John Mitchell
Dunne, Ky
Hazel McKinney
Exchange
Ragsdale
Eloise Parker
Quanah Crowder
Salem Parker
Judith
Rockport
Judith Montgomery
Wandell Redman
Gimblehaughters & Barn Shoe Co
Vincennes
Kathleen Leesdon
Merrill Atkinson
Evansville
Mell Parker
W. E. Bartley
Red Cross
Cora Crowder
Ernest McCoy
Kathyleen Logsdon
Herrell Montgomery
Martha Luckado
Alexander
P. B. McCoury
Camp Meigs
Washington, D. C
Robert Montgomery
Local residents travel and visit relations in region
Misses Mary Brinkman and Nelta Senriefer were in Rockport and standview last Tuesday. Suss Flora Ravens of Evansville returned home for the weekend. Rev. C. Emigholz and family visited Albert Gripen strons' on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Weisman of Huntingburg visited the Meier family. Wendell Patmore and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Wilhelmina Ravens. Miss Hilda Seehnick left Sunday for Huntingburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Brinkman
Nelta Senriefer
Rockport
Standview
Suss Flora Ravens
Evansville
Rev. C. Emigholz
Albert Gripenstrons
Robt. Weisman
Huntingburg
H.F. Meier
Wendell Patmore
Wilhelmina Ravens
Hat yield at ice cream social raises funds for Red Cross
Ice cream social for the Red Cross and ladies aid raised 28 dollars and 65 cents. Ernest McCoy and wife from Richiland City visited his father Mrs. Matt Johnson in town over the weekend. Mrs. Garret Querry hosted a niece from Evansville. Katherine Jackson of Rockport stayed with Mrs. Geo Crowder and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Ladies Aid
Ernest McCoy
Richiland City
Matt Johnson
Garret Querry
Evansville
Katherine Jackson
Rockport
Geo. Crowder
Memphian Woman Credits Vin Hepatica For Recovery
A Memphis woman attributes drastic relief from back and kidney pain to Vin Hepatica. Testimony claims the remedy restored strength, improved rest, and overall health, with similar endorsements from others. Advert shows local distributor Basye's Rockport Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q. Eline
New York Ave
Memphis
Fenn
E. C. Frispot
Ueisg’ Pharmacy
Main and
Union Sis
T. C
Basye’s
Rockport
Ind
Cream Separator Prospects Special June Prices
De Laval and Sharples cream separators offered at special June prices by Huebschman Creamery Co. in Lamar Indiana. Write or wire for details on the limited time offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huebschman Creamery Co
Lamar, Ind
Severe Heat Ripens Wheat While Typhoid Strikes Two
Severe heat accelerates wheat ripening and increases dead straw reducing potential yield. Charley Hendricks and his daughter Dorothy are on the sick list with typhoid fever. Lydia Ludwig left for Washington DC for war work as a stenographer. Irene Schierbaum visits Evansville. Mrs. Cornelius Parker dies at 66. funeral at Mt. Zion near Santa Fe conducted by Rev. Trusty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Hendricks
Dorothy
Lydia Ludwig
Washington, D.C
Cornelius Parker
Mt. Zion Church
Santa Fe
Trusty
English,nd
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Harvest greetings from Silverdale and Evansville
Roy Atkinson and his family visited his father Fred Atkinson in Silverdale over the weekend. A Red Cross supper raised about $60 in the neighborhood. Farming is in full blast with wheat and clover harvests and corn cultivation. The writer expresses optimistic wartime faith and asks everyone to be faithful and do their best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Atkinson
Evansville
Fred Atkinson
Red Cross
Silverdale
Local farmers busy harvesting wheat and community notes
The week brings harvest activity as farmers work the big wheat crop. Visitors and travelers fill the town as families host relatives from Fort Wayne, Ferdi nand, Troy, St Meinrad, Princeton, Evansville, Rockport, and beyond. Divorce suit joins the mix with Loretta Gammon seeking alimony and child support. Harry Krueger reports state beef restrictions to restaurateurs. War Savings Stamps drive to boost sales kicks into high gear with next Friday as the big day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockport
Democrat
Local residents update from Patronville and surrounding areas
Ben Edd Fred Wick Shourds and Herbert Parsley drove to Camp Taylor Kentucky last Saturday. Miss Lyndall Miller and Tina Hill returned from Terre Haute after attending the state normal. Miss Eazel Parsley came back from a two week visit with relatives in Owensboro. A large crowd attended the Oak Grove Service Flag dedication with seventeen boys represented. Children's Day is set for Larkin church next Sunday night June 23. Farmers are cutting wheat this season. Tom Hamilton family Charlie Hamilton family Claud Hamilton families visited Camp Taylor Sunday. Jennie Thomas, summering with her daughter Will Hael, spent last week with Edd Shourds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
Edd
Fred
Wick Shourds
Herbert Parsley
Camp Taylor
Lyndall Miller
Tina Hill
Terre Haute
Eazel Parsley
Owensboro
Oak Grove
Larkin’s
Tom Hamilton
Charlie Hamilton
Claud Hamilton
Jennie Thomas
Will Hael
Edd Shourds
Little Pigeon Church Hosts All Day Services
Sunday visitors from Rockport Warrick county and Evansville attended. The Little Pigeon church plans all day services in June with a 10 30 sermon by Rev N F Gabbert and a service flag dedication by Rev McGee of Bedford Ky followed by a basket dinner inviting all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stocking
Rockport
J. J. Burkhart
O. L. Groves
St. Louis
Frank Tableman
Uriah Chapman
Newtonville
Edna Rhoades
Oklahoma
Oscar Bichling
John Horton
Mary Horton
Warrick County
Lizzie Hudson
Harry
Rose Fulling
Evansville
Little Pigeon Church
N. F. Gabbert
McGee
Bedford
Newton Vio use Camp Taylor Visit and Social
Mrs Annie Montgomery visited her husband at Camp Taylor Sunday. An ice cream supper will be given here Saturday night for the benefit of the Junior Red Cross. James Rue and son Bernard were at Chrisney Sunday. Mrs Balthies Vetter and daughter Miss May spent Saturday and Sunday at Camp Taylor. John Stevenson and Lola Hancock of Grandview were the guests of Mary Hurst Saturday and Mr and Mrs Arthur Springston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Montgomery
Camp Taylor
Red Cross
James Rue
Bernard
Chrisney
Balthies Vetter
Miss May
Ifs
John Stevenson
Lola Hancock
Grandview
Mary Hurst
Arthur Springston
M E G A S MEET At Mrs Schoenfelds Home
The June M E G A meeting was held at Mrs Gertrude Schoenfelds home on South Eighth street. Members enjoyed a lawn with lanterns a program by Miss Munday county demonstrator on womans part in the war and readings by Miss Bernice Crooks. A committee to keep a history of the service flag was formed with Mrs Lizzie Graham Taylor as chairman. A donation to the ministers fund was made and refreshments served by a committee. The July meeting will be at Mrs Cora Feigels on Walnut street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
C. A
Gertrude Schoenfeld
South Eighth Street
Munday
Bernice Crooks
Lillie Peckinpauch
Davn
Lizzie Graham Taylor
Cora Feigel
Walnut Street
Bonnie Jones
Laura Wright
Gecil Himmelheher
Fannie Wright
Bess Roetzel
Thrift Stamp Notice Tops Local Stamp Drive
The notice highlights a thrift stamp collection drive with emphasis on saving goals and community participation. It urges residents to contribute stamps to support savings programs and teach thrift habits to children and families.
Tilling for Victory Spade Call to Farm and Fight
A wartime slogan urging Americans to cultivate the land to defeat German forces. The text links soil work to military success, praising farmers and urging planting vegetables and crops to undermine enemy power. It references figures like Van Mackensen and Von Tirpitz metaphorically as targets of domestic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Mackensen
von Tirpitz
Bowie
Bumper Crops for Use and for the Kaiser
The LaFayette Journal notes bumper U.S. crops while humorously predicting wartime hardship for the Kaiser. The item frames domestic abundance alongside a wartime jibe at German leadership with light satirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFayette Journal
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County News
Richland City
M. M. Parker
Butte
Mont
J. C. Jolly
Abner Meyer
Parker
Montana
James A. Drew
LaFayette
Mr. Drew
Clay City
Hilda Seehnick
Buffaloville
Irene Schierbaum
Nina Juee Burkhart
Maud Rabert
Florence Carter
Evans
Sire
Thomas Ferguson
W. Mesener
Tillie Finke
Margaret Finke
Flamingburge
John Roell
Huff
Wm. Zabel
Concordia College
Fort Wayne
Reinacker
Ferdinand
Math Gayer
Pauline Detzer
Emma Day
Arthur Ray
Troy
Zach Klahn
Lorena Rupprecht
St. Meinrad
John Friedel
Oscar Schneider
Princeton
Len Klueh
Dale
Thomas Boyd
Kenneth
Eva Gripenstroh
W. O. Winkier
Ladago
Laural Jones
Louis Gilman
Adam Snyder
Camp Custer
Mich
Geo. Southwood
Albert Underhill
Uniontown
Henry Sibrel
Wess Price
W. P. Meeks
McKinney
Loretta
Gammon
Marshall Gammon
Rarch
FE. M. Swan
Harry Krueger
Barnard
Krueger
Patronville
Newton Viouse
Sile
Thrift
Palm Beach
Panama
Sam
Berlin
Indiana
Wojlsrage A
Feigel Bros
Maxwell
C. W. Wedeking & Sons Dale
Europe
Liberty Bonds
Walter Collins
Richland
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